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I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Mikhail Baryshnikov
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 27
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Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov
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